Archive for December, 2009

Redskins SS Reed Doughty has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Chargers. Reed suffered a high ankle sprain in Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys. Though average in coverage, Doughty has excelled in run support all season.

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Can the Redskins just fast forward to next Monday?
That should be the day that the team finally says so long to coach Jim Zorn, and starts to think about the future. Sunday night the team showed once again why a complete overhaul is necessary, as they played like a team that didn’t care at [...]

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Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was sent home from practice on Friday for “disciplinary reasons”.
Coach Jim Zorn did not specify why he ordered Haynesworth to leav the training session but several team mates said it was because he arrived late.
“He wasn’t belligerent or nasty to me, and I was not nasty to him. It was [...]

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Jim Zorn just told Ryan O’Halloran that Andre Carter will play with a torn biceps. Carter tore the biceps late in Monday night’s 45-12 devastation by the New York Giants. Carter will tape it up and play with the injury, following the example of fellow defensive end Phillip Daniels, who has played the past nine [...]

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Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com is reporting this morning that Redskins defensive coordinator Greg Blache has interviewed for the team’s head coaching position already. By interviewing Blache, the Redskins have complied in with the NFL’s “Rooney Rule”, which requires at least one minority candidate to be interviewed for every head-coaching vacancy. This now opens the door [...]

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Although reports have confirmed that former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is in talks with Dan Snyder and the Redskins, the National Football Post hears it’s already a done deal and that the terms have already been worked out in anticipation of firing Jim Zorn and turning over the team to Shanahan. The Denver Post reported [...]

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It appears that the Redskins are moving quickly when it comes to finding a coach to replace the soon to be fired Jim Zorn. The Denver Post reports that former Broncos two-time Super Bowl winning coach Mike Shanahan is in talks with Washington about coming aboard for 2010.
The report comes out a day after [...]

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The Redskins have named Bruce Allen, son of former Redskins coach George Allen and the GM for Tampa Bay from 2004-2008, as executive vice president of football operations and general manager. Bucs blogger Matt Loede discusses what Redskins fans can expect from Allen as a GM, and how he will try to shape the team’s [...]

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Another tough season for the Redskins has resulted in a change at the top, as the team has announced that the head of the front office, Vinny Cerrato, has resigned. Many Skins fans feel that Cerrato’s decisions have cost the team dearly, and it’s a huge reason behind the team being 4-9.
In a statement [...]

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Clinton Portis seems to feel like the current concussion that has stopped him from taking the field is not going to end his career. The Redskins running back appeared at a charity event Tuesday and was asked about remarks he made last week, when he sounded as if he could be contemplating the end [...]

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